root\wmi–MSBatteryClass

A number of the classes in root\wmi return results from more than one class. That sounds odd but it can be explained by an example.

The namespace contains a number of classes related to the battery in laptops

gwmi -Namespace root\wmi -List *battery*

MSBatteryClassEvent
BatteryStatusChange
BatteryTagChange
MSBatteryClass
BatteryStaticData
BatteryRuntime
BatteryCycleCount
BatteryTemperature
BatteryStatus
BatteryFullChargedCapacity

We’ll ignore the event and change classes for now.  If we pick out the MSBattery class we get information from a number of other classes returned – MSBattery is a super class.

PS> gwmi -Namespace root\wmi -Class MSBatteryClass | select __class

__CLASS
——-
BatteryCycleCount
BatteryFullChargedCapacity
BatteryStaticData
BatteryRuntime
BatteryStatus

Be aware that the runtime property returned by BatteryRuntime doesn’t respond to calculations you may find on the Internet when your OS is Windows 7

Battery status is a useful class to determine if you are on battery or external power & if the battery is charging